Dave Franco says everyone wants him to play Luigi Mangione

Dave Franco knows about these Luigi Mangione comparisons.

The 39-year-old actor was asked at the Sundance Film Festival over the weekend about the Internet’s call for him to play Mangione – 26-year-old who he allegedly shot and killed CEO of UnitedHealthcare Brian Thompson, 50, in New York in December 2024 – in a video.

“I have never received more text messages in my life,” Franco said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter With his wife Alison Brie, promoting their new horror film “Together”.

Franco added: “Not just friends – anyone who has my phone number has reached out.”

Brie, 42, indicated that her husband has not yet received “any official offers” for a potential role.

“No official (offers),” Franco confirmed.

After Mangione was charged with killing Thompson last month, Franco went viral on social media as fans compared him to the alleged gunman.

The ‘Neighbors’ star reportedly experienced her third popular Google search week in the last five years.

Comparisons between Franco and Mangione have even been brought up “Saturday Night Live” sketch where Sarah Sherman played lawyer Nancy Grace.

Grace Sherman joked that Mangione has “women and gays, both hot and bothered” and said he “looks like Dave Franco from Eugene Levy Bronski”.

The Mangione script has not yet been announced. However, there are several murder documentaries in the works, including one from Oscar winner Alex Gibney.

According to DeadlineGibney’s doc will parse the crime’s “seemingly meticulous execution of the alleged killer’s manifesto and Ivy League background with the public’s unapologetic apathy toward the victim.”

Two-time Emmy nominee Stephen Robert Morse’s next documentary “will explore the diverse perspectives of those caught up in the murder and its aftermath, including the victims, their families and Mangone herself, as well as the moral complexities thrown up by the Thompson Murder,” according to Diversity.

Mangione, an Ivy League-educated Tech Whiz, allegedly shot and killed Thompson on West 54th Street in New York City on December 4.

After a five-day nationwide manhunt, Mangione was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, where he stopped at a local McDonald’s after driving off a greyhound that was passing through town.

Authorities charged Mangione planning a murder months earlier By clustering with the “parasitic” health insurance industry.

Mangione he pleaded not guilty Late last month, a slew of cold-blooded murder charges were filed. He is being held in Brooklyn’s detention center – Same prison, Sean “Diddy” Combs.